K027. Why do so many believers (including the preachers) say that the words of Jesus are hard sayings?

Joh 6:60 KJV  Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
When the disciples said this, it was an indication that they had departed from the Lord.
Joh 6:66 KJV  From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

Today many disciples do not depart physically after they said that. They may still stay with us or in the churches, but we know that they have no longer walked with the Lord.

It is sad to know that many believers, and even preachers, have come up with their own reasoning to convince us that the words of Jesus are under the law or the old covenant, and therefore, we do not need to keep His words which are hard sayings. They could argue convincingly that whatever Jesus preached in His sermon (Mat 5-7) are too hard for us to follow, and that Jesus would only use them to drive us to the end of ourselves so that we do not need to think of keeping any law. So, did Jesus really mean that when He said it:
Mat 5:44-48 KJV  But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;  (45)  That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.  (46)  For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?  (47)  And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?  (48)  Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

Is this a hard saying? Yes, this could be harder than the Ten Commandments! Why? Of course, loving our enemies is certain harder than loving our neighbours. But did Jesus say it to test us or to make it more difficult for us to keep any law or commandment? No, if anyone preaches that keeping the words of the Lord is like keeping the hard sayings, he has no longer walked with the Lord. We should tell him to shut up, and we keep moving on:
Mat 4:1-11 KJV .. (10)  Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.  (11)  Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
Jesus rebuked the devil when he came trying to convince the Lord that the Ten Commandments were obsolete. Today the devil may not just convince us that the commandments of God have all become obsolete, he will also try to convince us that the commandments of the Lord are all hard sayings and that they are obsolete too.

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